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Job Title:    Cadet Assistants
Superintendent of Prison (Agricultural Officer) – 2 No Experience Jobs

Organization:  Uganda
Prisons Service (UPS)

Duty Station:  Kampala,
Uganda

REF: PA. 03/20

About US:

The Prisons Act,
2006 provides for the mandate and functions of a Uganda Prisons Service
composed of Central and former Local Government Prisons and spells out the
duties of the UPS as to protect, promote and fulfill the rights of
those incarcerated.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

The incumbent will
be responsible to the Officer in-Charge of a Prisons Farm for performing the
following duties:

·       
Coordinating
crop husbandry activities on prisons farms;

·       
Carrying
out project planning, monitoring and evaluation of agricultural activities;

·       
Liaising
with other related organizations: e.g. NARO, NFA, District Agricultural
institutes on Agricultural related activities;

·       
Submitting
monthly, quarterly and annual reports on agricultural activities;

·       
identifying
agricultural inputs and implements;

·       
Supervising
and appraising subordinate staff;

·       
Working
out a comprehensive agricultural rehabilitation programmes for inmates;

·       
Any
other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
Applicants
should be Ugandans holding an Honours Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture (Crop
option) from a recognized University or institution

·       
Results
Orientation; Ethics and Integrity; Interpersonal Skills;

·       
Ability
to adapt to multi-cultural settings; Communication Skills;

·       
Team
Building and Problem-Solving skills.

·       
Age
limit is 35 years.

NB: All applicants
must be physically and medically fit and should not have been convicted of any
criminal offence in any court of law.

How to Apply:

Applications are
invited from suitably qualified Ugandans to fill vacant posts of Cadet Assistant
Superintendent of Prisons existing in the Uganda Prisons Service (UPS).

Applications should
be filled in triplicate on Public Service Commission Form 3 (2008) Download
Here, and addressed to the Secretary, Prisons Authority, PO. Box 7191,
Kampala, and submitted at Prisons Regional Headquarters, at either Luzira,
Masaka, Mbarara, Kabale, Fort-Portal, Mubende, Jinja, Mbale, Soroti, Moroto,
Lira, Gulu, Arua, Masindi, and Mukono, not later than 30th October, 2020.
Handwritten applications are also acceptable.

The applications
should bear the title as well as the Reference Number of the post applied for.
Applicants should attach three recent passport size photos, three sets of
certified photocopies of their academic transcripts and certificates and National
identity card (ID). Applicants subsequently shortlisted for oral interviews shall
be required to present certified copies and originals of their academic
transcripts and certificates at the time of sitting interviews.

Applicants should
apply for a maximum of only two (2) posts clearly indicating the first and
second choice against the post applied for. Officers already in Government
Service should not apply.

ln addition,
successful candidates must be prepared to undergo a Twelve (12) months Cadet
Assistant Superintendent of Prisons Officers’ course at the Prisons Staff
College and Training School plus three (3) months attachment. Uganda Prisons
Service is an equal opportunity employer.

Applicants who shall
not hear from the Prisons Authority on completion of the recruitment and
selection exercise should consider themselves unsuccessful.

Deadline: 30^th October 2020 

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